Method of reserving bandwidth for an isochronous channel on a serial bus network of devices

An information processing apparatus connected to a bus for managing the resources on said bus, characterized by comprising:

• band and channel reservation means for reserving the band of said bus and the channel specifying said band for each time zone;
• and
• reservation schedule storage means for storing the unit and date of said time zone of said band and channel reservation means.

An information processing method for managing the resources on a bus connected to a plurality of equipment, characterized by comprising:

• the band channel reservation step of reserving the band of said bus and the channel specifying said band for each time zone;
• and
• the reservation schedule storage step of storing the unit and date of said time zone of said band and channel reservation step.

A distribution medium characterized by providing a computer-readable program for executing the process including:

• the band and channel reservation step of reserving the band of said bus and the channel specifying said band for each time zone;
• and
• the reservation schedule storage step of storing the unit and date of said time zone of said band channel reservation step.

An information processing system comprising a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus connected to a bus, characterized in that:

• said first information processing apparatus includes reserve operation setting input means for inputting a reserve operation setting for setting a predetermined equipment in a predetermined state at a predetermined time, and reserve operation storage means for storing the reserve operation information input by said reserve operation setting input means and outputting the reserve operation information in response to a request from said second information processing apparatus;
• and
• said second information processing apparatus includes bus resources reservation means for reserving the resources on said bus required for a reserve operation of said first information processing apparatus based on said reserve operation information supplied from said first information processing apparatus.